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DeepSeek reaches No. 1 on US Play Store

Chinese AI lab DeepSeek‘s Android app has taken the No. 1 spot on the Google Play Store, mere days after

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This startup is selling for $1B, so why is its founder not proud of the outcome?

Welcome to TechCrunch Fintech!  This week we’re looking at the story behind the sale of Divvy Homes, Ramp’s new product,

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Amazon’s Prime Air drone service is headed to this UK town

Amazon announced Monday it has picked the North England town of Darlington as the first site for its planned U.K.

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Geek Ventures, a fund that specializes in backing immigrant founders, is raising a second fund

Geek Ventures is raising a Fund II, according to a recent SEC filing.  The firm, founded in 2021 by Ihar

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Ambi Robotics built a clever solution to automate pallet packing

UC Berkeley spinout Ambi Robotics announced Tuesday the arrival of AmbiStack, a novel system that automates pallet packing. The system

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Who is Liang Wenfeng? DeepSeek founder comes from AI investing

DeepSeek, a Chinese AI lab, has Silicon Valley reeling with its R1 reasoning model, which it claims uses far less

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Eric Schmidt says DeepSeek marks a ‘turning point’ for the global AI race

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt called for the United States to ramp up open source AI efforts to address the

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Automattic and others back Openvibe, an app that’s unifying the open social web

Openvibe’s clever app that integrates multiple open social networks, including Bluesky, Mastodon, Nostr, and Threads, just got a boost toward

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David Sacks claims there’s ‘substantial evidence’ that DeepSeek used OpenAI’s models to train its own

David Sacks, Trump’s AI and crypto “czar,” said in an interview on Fox on Tuesday that there’s “substantial evidence” that

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Bookshop.org challenges Amazon with new e-book platform

Indie bookstore backer Bookshop.org launched an e-book platform on Tuesday, making it easier for readers to buy e-books without padding